21 March 2016
DETAILS
today announced an expansion project
to add a dedicated flavors & fragrances
manufacturing unit
to its Brotas industrial fermentation complex in Brazil.
This planned expansion enables the company
to meet demand
for contracted flavors and fragrances molecules
for its collaboration partners.
The expansion provides for focused use
of the current Brotas industrial fermentation capacity
to supply Amyris’s current partners
and collaborators based on projected demand
for Amyris-branded farnesene serving
the polymers, nutraceuticals and solvents markets
through 2020.
Expected demand will require
new farnesene manufacturing capacity
beyond the company’s current capacity
at its Brotas plant.
Amyris is in active discussions
with current collaborators and partners
to provide financing for the project,
with construction expected to start
in the second half of 2016.
John Melo,
Amyris President & CEO
“After several years of application and
product development activities in collaboration
with our strategic partners, we’ve now transitioned
to the commercialization phase of many applications,”
“We are very fortunate that many of our partnerships
are focused on solving supply chain challenges
by replacing current raw material sources
with lower-cost, better-performing,
sustainably sourced material.
This is enabling us to grow our supply of farnesene
into these markets at a faster rate than we expected.”
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